The battle over who should run the United States' 'Food for Peace' program [NPR] ↳

After the Trump administration froze foreign aid and shuttered USAID, farm-state lawmakers revived the flagship hunger program at the Department of Agriculture. But former Food for Peace director Dina Esposito warns USDA has no humanitarian mandate or expertise and is bypassing the worst hunger hotspots, according to this NPR reporting. 

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Journalism on the line: How USAID cuts threaten global health reporting [Association of Health Care Journalists] ↳

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With $8 billion in Venezuelan oil money, U.S. gives $300 million in quake aid [NYT] ↳